Evidence-based urology in practice: What are levels of evidence?

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 860-861

  Singh, J Chandra ^a   Dahm, Philipp ^b,c  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICTURITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME; UROLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGY;

EID: 62149088115     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08429.x     Document Type: Article

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